Somali News

BOSSASO (HOL) – The United Nations Food and agriculture organization issued a new tropical storm watch Friday for parts of northern Somalia as Storm LUBAN is expected to lead to winds of medium strength with moderate rainfall.

MOGADISHU (HOL) – Somali authorities erected a monument to commemorate the over 700 people killed in the country’s deadliest bombing on Oct. 14 last year, just two days before the nation holds nationwide memorial events marking the first anniversary of the catastrophic day.

The two-day International conference on Somaliland came to a close in Hargeisa with challenge to the government to source internal ways of generating income as it continues to push for international recognition.

The AU Special representative for Somalia and the head of AMISOM, Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira, on Wednesday toured Jazeera II Camp in Mogadishu, to assess the progress made in the relocation and resettlement of military and police contingents, who vacated the Mogadishu International Stadium last August.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Italy’s prime minister on Thursday praised Ethiopia as a “pillar of stability” in the Horn of Africa region as he visited to support the country’s surprising new peace with neighboring Eritrea.

Somali government says it’s planning to hold nationwide memorial events to mark the first anniversary of the deadliest bombing that devastated the Somali capital and killed more than 700 people on Oct. 14 last year.